Mushrooms duxelle is just a fancy French term that refers to sautéeing finely chopped mushrooms, onions, and herbs for a long time until they form a paste-like texture. The creamy mushrooms are delicious when spread over crusty bread. But an even better use is to add some sour cream and make a sumptuous gravy to pour over a warm, buttery biscuit.
Poached eggs are a glorious thing. It’s easy enough to make them on the stovetop when you’re just cooking one or two, but for making a larger batch of poached eggs, it’s time to reach for the slow cooker.
You wouldn’t leave the oven or stove on when you leave the house to run errands or head to the office, so why is the slow cooker an exception? Is it really OK to leave it on all day on your kitchen counter when no one is home?
Having grown up on the East Coast, I’ve only ever known American-made butter to come in long, narrow sticks. Turns out I was living in a butter bubble; it wasn’t until I heard a story one evening on NPR’s Marketplace about the difference between West Coast and East Coast butter that I realized there was a difference to be known at all.
There’s no shortage of desserts out there that won’t benefit from a punch of nutty flavor and texture from peanuts, pecans, walnuts, or almonds. Nuts also give baked goods an extra boost of rich, fatty flavor. And with so many options, there’s a treat out there with your name on it. Time to make a batch of cookies, blondies, or pecan sticky rolls this weekend!
When planning my most recent trip to India, I focused on where to eat, what to eat, and how to eat as much of it as possible. Just as importantly, though, I wanted to be cognizant of local customs, tips, and tricks. Enter Carishma Mehta — Delhi resident, organic farm owner, and intrepid eater.
Breakfast sandwiches are a wonderful canvas (or excuse) for all sorts of delicious ingredients. Pesto, smoked salmon, waffles, steak — if you crave it, it can be worked into your breakfast sandwich. Taste something amazing on your sandwich at your new favorite lunch spot? Add a fried egg and you’re halfway to a whole new morning routine.
Here’s a quick and easy shrimp avocado salad for those times when you only have 10 minutes to put something together, and you still want it to taste great!
Maine shrimp and creamy avocado are a perfect match, especially with a crisp vinaigrette. What are Maine shrimp (also called Boreal Shrimp)? Those little pink shrimp that come already cooked.
Prior to a few months ago, the full extent of my understanding of churros was:
This week, set out to disprove all three. Well, the first notion began to unravel a recently as we chomped through a plate of them at Rosie’s, a newish restaurant in my neighborhood, when I realized for the first time that these long, ridged doughnuts weren’t your usual cake or yeast doughnut texture inside, but something else — almost custardy within, very crunchy outside, as if they were made from an eggy, puffy dough. Google confirmed my a-ha moment: did you realize that churros are basically long, piped and fried eclair/cream puff dough?
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Sometimes, especially after a few days of heavy dinners, all you want is a light, good meal. “Light” as in you’re trying to cut back, and “good” as in, can we make it taste good even though it’s light?
This chicken cutlet recipe, with a caper shallot sauce, is just that, flavorful, filling, and won’t weigh you down. You can make it all in one pot, takes about 30 minutes, and it’s gluten-free too.
